TRAIN YOUR BRAIN TO THINK LIKE A THIN PERSON

This info is very helpful to anyone who struggles with yo-yo type dieting where they lose weight, and then gain it all back and then some......

Dr. Judith Beck's The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person

"Almost everybody has the idea that once they stop dieting, they'll be able to eat whatever they want, but that is absolutely false," according to Judy. Slim, energetic, and incredibly empathetic even when making tough-love pronouncements, she was a veteran yo-yo dieter who lost 15 pounds ten years ago and has kept it off ever since. "I had to accept that for the rest of my life, I would have to eat differently from how I used to eat," she said. "When I work with people, I stress this from the first day. It's not a popular message, especially with so many fad diets around, but I don't see any point in losing weight if you're just going to gain it back." What's more, she added, "I've discovered that to some degree almost every thin person restricts what she eats. We all need to learn to do that. When the going gets tough, we have to keep reminding ourselves of the advantages of maintaining a healthy weight."

"Almost every dieter has difficulty distinguishing between true hunger, a desire to eat, and cravings," she explained. "And most people who struggle with weight loss tend to feel hunger pangs intensely and often eat to avoid those feelings. But the point is, hunger comes and goes. Thin people know this and don't worry about being hungry."

"Purposely skipping a meal is the only way to prove to yourself that you can withstand hunger," she says. "We have to get you over the fear of being hungry if you want to keep weight off for the rest of your life."
"It would be good—in fact it's 100 percent necessary—for you not to be afraid of hunger so you can maintain your weight loss your whole life."